Bowling Alley Plans Benefit For Boy, 10

DELAND — A local bowling alley will sponsor a tournament Saturday and again June 4 to benefit a 10-year-old boy who was severely injured April 9 in a forklift accident.

Sunshine Lanes, located on U.S. Highway 92, will donated the proceeds to the Brad Hoffman Medical Fund.

Brad, a student at St. Peter's Catholic School, had his leg amputated as a result of being run over by a forklift during a cleanup day on the church grounds.

Since the accident, he has undergone extensive surgery and still will require additional operations and skin grafts at the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Once the critical problems are resolved, he will require physical therapy and an artificial leg, which will need to be replaced as he grows.

The benefit tournament will include pairings of adults with junior bowlers, said Jack Hook, spokesman for Sunshine Lanes.

Tournament play will be held at 1 and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Cost will be $10 per team. Hook said he is trying to get sponsorship from businessmen to donate prizes for winning bowlers.

More information on the tournaments is available from Hook or Gary Slanaker at Sunshine Lanes, (904) 738-5567.